Posted on 05/08/2010 9:47:24 PM PDT by conservative_crusader
Greek fire officials say three people have died in a blaze that broke out at an Athens bank during rioting over government austerity measures.
An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets Wednesday during a nationwide wave of strikes against spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankrupty.
Protesters were hurling Molotov cocktails at police and buildings. At least two buildings were on fire, while hundreds of people were involved in the clashes...
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Yeah, I know it's a couple of days old. I looked and I couldn't find if it had been posted, so I thought it might be worth a shot.
Don’t be surprised if you see an open Revolt someday here in the good ol’ U.S.A. if Obama and The DemocRATS keep pushing the envelope.
Cretan cretins.
The two differences between Greece and the USA is they’re going into bankruptcy a little faster than we are. The other is that some of us here in the USA have guns.
They didn’t “die”. They were killed.
I thought the greeks voted for all this stuff.
But, I think it would be those of us who have the guns doing the revolting. Obama and the Liberal Dems keep pushing us. My daddy used to say: “You can kick an old dog so long, and then, he rise up and bite you.”
That’s what some think, but if you look at Greece, you’re looking at a situation where someone like Palin gets elected, makes some cuts, and then you’ve got riots on your hands. Conservatives just don’t like the rioting. Look at Arizona. They say that they’re going to enforce the laws and the leftists go nuts.
This is why I said some of us have guns. Damn right the leftists can/will freak out if/when laws are upheld. We will need to protect ourselves.
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